#48BCE0#48BCE0

#48BCE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.114 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BCE0
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 224)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -21.28, -27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 34.79, 232.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0846 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.114 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1048, 42.7222, 76.9554)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BCE0 #E06C48

analogous

#48E0B8 #48BCE0 #4870E0

triadic

#48BCE0 #E048BC #BCE048

tetradic

#48BCE0 #B848E0 #E06C48 #70E048

square

#48BCE0 #B848E0 #E06C48 #70E048

split-complementary

#48BCE0 #E04870 #E0B848

monochromatic

#197794 #22A1C9 #48BCE0 #7CCFE9 #B1E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#48BCE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#48BCE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BCE0

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BCE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BCE0	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.114 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0e9',
    500: '#48bce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bce0;
$custom-light: #8cd0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.211,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74449,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BCE0

secondary

#E0B2A4

accent

#653AEE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BCE0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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